Unit2Englisharoundtheworld-TheroadtomodernEnglishTeachingGoals:1.Targetlanguagea.Keywordsandphrasesinclude,playarole,becauseof,international,native,comeup,culture,actually,present,vocabulary,usage,identity,suchas,rapidlyb.KeysentenceWorldEnglishescomefromthosecountries...P9NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachother...P9ItbecamelesslikeGerman,andmorelikeFrench...P102.AbilitygoalsImproveSs’readingability,especiallytheskillsofsummarizing,wordguessingandscanning.EnabletheSstodescribethehistoryofEnglishandknowofthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritainEnglish.3.LearningabilitygoalsHelpthestudentslearnhowtoanalyzethewaytheauthordescribesthehistoryofEnglish.TeachingimportantpointsRetellthehistoryofEnglishaccordingtothechart.TeachingdifficultpointWorktogetherwithpartnersandretellthehistoryofEnglish.4.EmotiongoalsGetSstorealizetheimportanceoflearningEnglishandofloveofourowncountry.GetSstolookatthesunnysideofeverythingandmakeopimismcometrue.5.TeachingProceduresStep1:Leading-inT:TodayIhavepreparedsomebeautifulpicturesforyou.Firstofall,I’dliketousethesepicturestoplayagamewithyou.Areyouinterested?S:Yes.T:TheruleisIshowagroupofpicturesandyoujustneedtogivemeawordtodescribethepictures.Areyouclear?Ifyouknowtheanswer,youcanspeakout.Let’sseewhohasthequickestmind.(Thentheteachershowthepicturesof“movie”,“autumn”,“elevator”,“football”,English)T:Nowwehavethesewordsontheblackboard,canyouthinkofanotherwordtodescribethesamething?Thefirstoneis“film”(showthefollowingwords”lift”“lift”“soccer”)T:Wesometimeshavetwowordstodescribethesamething,whatdotheyhappen?WecansaythewordsontheleftbelongstoAmericanEnglish,andtherightisBritishEnglish.NowcanyoutellmewhichoneisstandardEnglish?S:AmericanEnglish.BritishEnglish...T:Asweknow,therearemanycountriesintheworldspeakingEnglishastheirofficiallanguage,secondlanguageorforeignlanguage,andtherearemanydifferentexpressionsandforms,justlikethewordsontheblackboard.Sowecan’tsaywhichoneisstandardEnglish.Justlikethepicturesshows,wehavedifferentkindsofEnglisheveninthesamecountry.TheyareoldEnglish,middleEnglishandmodernEnglish.Sotoday,inthisclass,wewilllearnmoreaboutmodernEnglish.PleaseopenyourbooksonPage9.Step2:Pre-readingT:Beforereading,pleaselookatthetitleofthispassage.TheroadtomodernEnglish.Nowcanyoutellmewhattheroadmeanshere?S:History,development.T:Yes,itmeansdevelopment.Canyouguesswhatthepassageistalkingaboutaccordingtothistitle?S:Maybeit’saboutthehistoryofmodernEnglishorthedevelopmentofmodernEnglish.Step3:Fast-readingT:NowI’llgiveyoutwominutestoscanthepassage.Doyouknowhowtoscanthepassage?Itmeansthatyoudon’tneedtoreadthepassagesentencebysentence.Youjustneedtofindtheusefulinformation.Herearetwoquestionsforyou.(Checktheanswers)Step4:Careful-readingT:Nowlet’sturntothestructureofthepassage.Asweknow,whenwedosomereading,it’sveryimportanttopayattentiontothestructureofthepassage.Canyoutellmehowmanyparagraphsarethereinthispassage?Nowfindthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.T:Weneedafurtherreading.Nowpleasemakeadiscussionwithyourpartnerandfinishthetimetable.Didyoufindtherearestilltworeasonsthepassagenotmentioned?WhyEnglishwasbasedmoreonGermanfromAD450to1150?S:It’sbecauseoftheinvasion.Step5:Post-reading1.FreetalkT:Yes,andhowabouttoday?Nowadays,manypeoplespeakEnglishandmanypeoplewanttolearnEnglish.Why?It’sstillbecauseoftheinvasion?Ofcoursenot.WhyarepeoplearoundtheworldlearningEnglishtoday?Nowlet’shaveafreetalk.S:Examination.Study.Business.Travel.T:Good.Thereareseveralreasons.Maybeformoney,forbusinesstrade.Maybesomeofyouwanttostudyorliveinwesterncountry.Andalsotravelisanimportantreason.You’dbetterlearnsomeEnglishifyouwanttotravelaroundtheworld.Right?2.What’syouropinion?S:Let’scomebackourpassage.Attheendofthepassage,thewriterasked,willChineseEnglishdevelopitsownidentity?Here,identitymeanscharacteristics.Yesorno?Onlytimewilltell.Becauseit’shardtoknowtheresultforthemoment.What’syouropinion?Nowdiscusswithyourpartners.3.DiscussionT:NowwedohavesomeChineseEnglish.SuchasKungfu,taichi,tofuandgeilivable.Somepeoplethinkthatit’stheevidencethatChinaisbecomingmoreandmorepowerfulandinfluencialintheworld.However,westillhavesomeEnglishwordsborrowedfromChinese.Suchasguanxi,chengguan,tuhaoanddama.Somepeoplethinkthatmaybeit’sakindofwesternjoke.Thewesternsmaywanttomakefunofus.Whatdoyouthinkso?Why?Step6:WishesforyouT:Nomatterwhatthedirectionitgoes,Iwishallofyoucanseethesunnysideofeverythingandmakeyouroptimismcometrue.OK?AndIalsowishthatweChinesecangainmorerespect.Atlast,Ialsowishourfootballteamcanconquertheworldoneday.Step7:AssignmentWriteashortpassageaboutthedevelopmentofModernEnglishaccordingtothetimetable.
